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- sea-spider
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noun,
any member of the arthropod class Pycnogonida, marine invertebrates with eight long walking legs attached to a small body consisting of a cephalothorax and vestigial abdomen.
- precisians
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noun,
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- pindarics
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noun,
Pindaric ode.
- Neisseria
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noun,
any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- airspeeds
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noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- arsenides
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- ascenders
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- cadencies
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noun,
cadence (defs 1–7).
- diaeresis
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noun,
dieresis.
- spiceries
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noun,
spice.
- dispenser
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noun,
a person or thing that dispenses.
- acridines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- epicrises
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noun,
a critical study or evaluation.
- increases
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- readiness
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noun,
the condition of being ready.
- dispraise
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noun,
an act or instance of dispraising; censure.
- piscaries
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noun,
Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- passerine
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adjective,
of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- prescinds
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verb (used with object),
to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- peccaries
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noun,
any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina) having a dark gray coat with a white collar.
- precisian
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noun,
a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- deciares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- Sedecias
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noun,
Zedekiah.
- crispins
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- crispens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- Cressida
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noun,
(in medieval adaptations of the story of the Trojan wars) a Trojan woman portrayed as the lover of Troilus, whom she deserts for Diomedes.
- Serendip
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noun,
Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- sericins
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- sidecars
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- sidespin
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noun,
a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- caprices
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- Piranesi
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), or Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.
- piracies
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noun,
practice of a pirate; robbery or illegal violence at sea.
- cadences
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noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- aspirins
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noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- Pierides
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plural noun,
the Muses.
- ascender
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noun,
a person or thing that ascends or causes ascension.
- pineries
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noun,
a place in which pineapples are grown.
- Pindaric
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noun,
Pindaric ode.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- decresc.
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- presides
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- descries
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verb (used with object),
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy:
- episcias
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- Princess
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noun,
a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- Priscian
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noun,
flourished a.d. c500, Latin grammarian.
- prescind
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verb (used with object),
to separate or single out in thought; abstract.
- inspires
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- inspired
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adjective,
aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence:
- insiders
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- inscapes
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noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- Increase
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noun,
growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.:
- rescinds
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- epicedia
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noun,
a funeral song; dirge.
- despairs
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noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- sardines
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- aniseeds
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- disperse
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adjective,
Physical Chemistry. noting the dispersed particles in a dispersion.
- peracids
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- dispense
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noun,
Obsolete. expenditure.
- discerns
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- dieresis
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noun,
the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
- persians
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- presidia
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noun,
(in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers:
- arsenics
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- naperies
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noun,
table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- spenders
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noun,
a person who spends, especially one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift.
- airspeed
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noun,
the forward speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it moves.
- spencers
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noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- acridine
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline solid, C 13 H 9 N, usually obtained from the anthracine fraction of coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of dyes and drugs.
- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- diapirs
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noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- scrapie
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noun,
a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- spireas
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noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- careens
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noun,
a careening.
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- screeds
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noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- parsecs
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noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- diaries
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noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- Screens
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- carnies
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noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- despise
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verb (used with object),
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- paresis
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noun,
partial motor paralysis.
- despair
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noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- desires
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- caseins
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noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- scrinia
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noun,
a cylindrical container used in ancient Rome to hold papyrus rolls.
- caserns
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noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- precise
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adjective,
definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:
- Crescas
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noun,
Hasdai [khahs-dahy] /ˈxɑs daɪ/ (Show IPA), 1340–1412? Jewish philosopher and theologian, born in Spain.
- capsids
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noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- Candice
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noun,
a female given name.
- ipecacs
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noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- Cadence
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noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- spences
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noun,
a pantry.
- praises
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noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prances
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noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- Dnieper
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noun,
a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- Cairene
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noun,
a native or resident of Cairo, Egypt.
- disease
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noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- candier
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- depress
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verb (used with object),
to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits; deject; dispirit.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- discase
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verb (used with object),
to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- precess
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verb (used without object),
to undergo precession (def 2).
- science
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noun,
a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws:
- Caprice
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noun,
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- Spender
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noun,
a person who spends, especially one who habitually spends excessively or lavishly; spendthrift.
- caprine
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adjective,
of or relating to goats.
- Dinaric
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adjective,
of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- scrapes
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noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- Cassini
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noun,
Oleg [oh-leg] /ˈoʊ lɛg/ (Show IPA), (Oleg Cassini-Loiewski) 1913–2006, U.S. fashion designer and businessman, born in France.
- rapines
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noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- preside
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- Serapis
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noun,
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- serapes
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noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- dancers
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noun,
a person who dances.
- daisies
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noun,
any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
- dairies
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noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- accidie
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noun,
acedia.
- princes
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noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- accedes
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verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- Prissie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- senders
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noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- Nereids
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- creance
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noun,
a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.
- Crispin
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noun,
Saint, with his brother (Saint Crispinian) martyred a.d. c285, Roman Christian missionaries in Gaul: patron saints of shoemakers.
- creases
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noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- senecas
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noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- Spenser
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noun,
Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- Crispen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become crisp.
- radices
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noun,
a plural of radix.
- raisins
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- scandic
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adjective,
of or relating to scandium:
- Seaside
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noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- pansies
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noun,
a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- paniers
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noun,
pannier.
- sidecar
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noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- pandies
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noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- seances
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noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- panders
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noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- Serpens
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noun,
the Serpent, a constellation consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda) with Ophiuchus in between.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- cerises
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- deciare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards.
- censers
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- decerns
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- paid-in
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adjective,
having paid the dues, initiation fees, etc., required by an organization or association.
- decares
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- decanes
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noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- secerns
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- dineric
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adjective,
of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- redcaps
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noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- spreads
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noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- incases
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verb (used with object),
encase.
- pesades
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noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- incised
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adjective,
cut into:
- incises
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- piscina
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noun,
a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- redness
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noun,
the quality or state of being red.
- Persian
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noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- Piccard
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noun,
Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer of bathyscaphes.
- Sanders
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noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- ascends
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verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- indices
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noun,
a plural of index.
- Perseid
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.
- piscine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- sapiens
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- perinde
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- endears
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- epeiric
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adjective,
extending inland from a continental margin:
- Spencer
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noun,
a short, close-fitting jacket, frequently trimmed with fur, worn in the 19th century by women and children.
- Pierian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Muses.
- pincers
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noun,
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinards
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noun,
wine.
- escarps
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noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- pinders
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noun,
peanut.
- escapes
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noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- species
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noun,
a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- resends
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verb (used with object),
to send again.
- aniseed
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- sparids
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noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- resedas
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noun,
a grayish green.
- pierces
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noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- pierced
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adjective,
punctured or perforated, as to form a decorative design:
- aperies
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noun,
apish behavior; mimicry.
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- repines
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- icecaps
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noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- episcia
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noun,
any of several tropical American plants of the genus Episcia, often cultivated as houseplants for their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.
- eccrine
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adjective,
of or relating to certain sweat glands, distributed over the entire body, that secrete a type of sweat important for regulating body heat (distinguished from apocrine).
- encases
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verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- sprains
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noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- aspirin
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noun,
Pharmacology. a white, crystalline substance, C 9 H 8 O 4 , derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti-inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.; acetylsalicylic acid.
- insider
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- aspires
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verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- inscape
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noun,
the unique essence or inner nature of a person, place, thing, or event, especially depicted in poetry or a work of art.
- insides
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noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- penises
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noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- inspire
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verb (used with object),
to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence:
- peracid
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noun,
an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- asperse
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verb (used with object),
to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- Darien
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noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- seders
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noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- recipe
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noun,
a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish:
- pinder
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noun,
peanut.
- darics
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noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- rancid
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adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- ripens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- neaped
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adjective,
grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- drapes
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noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- raisin
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- ericas
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noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Dassin
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noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- dassie
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noun,
hyrax.
- icecap
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noun,
a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- Spiers
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noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- ranids
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noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- repine
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verb (used without object),
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- decare
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noun,
a unit of surface measure equal to 10 ares, or 1000 square meters: equivalent to 0.2471 acre.
- decani
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adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- recess
-
noun,
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- secern
-
verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- scarce
-
Idioms,
make oneself scarce, Informal.
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- espies
-
noun,
James Pollard [pol-erd] /ˈpɒl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1785–1860, U.S. meteorologist.
- cripes
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath or an exclamation of astonishment.)
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- crisis
-
noun,
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- acidic
-
adjective,
acid (def 5).
- Esdras
-
noun,
either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
- Crispi
-
noun,
Francesco [frahn-che-skaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1819–1910, prime minister of Italy 1887–91, 1893–96.
- ipecac
-
noun,
the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- escarp
-
noun,
Fortification. the inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- crisps
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- escape
-
noun,
an act or instance of escaping. Synonyms: flight.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- scapes
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- decern
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- Deccan
-
noun,
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
- scarps
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scares
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- spices
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spicas
-
noun,
spike2 .
- screen
-
noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- diapir
-
noun,
a dome, or anticline, the upper regions of which have been ruptured and penetrated by material squeezed up from below.
Compare plume (def 10), salt dome.
- indic.
-
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- screed
-
noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- scries
-
verb (used without object),
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- adren-
-
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- diesis
-
noun,
double dagger.
- scenic
-
noun,
a photograph, graphic representation, etc., depicting natural scenery.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ecrase
-
adjective,
(of leather) crushed to produce a grained effect.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- ecesis
-
noun,
the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.
- recaps
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- scrape
-
noun,
an act or instance of scraping.
- spines
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- screes
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- repass
-
verb (used with or without object),
to pass back or again.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- saices
-
noun,
syce.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- scenas
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- deices
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- seance
-
noun,
a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Sardis
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- scrips
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- encase
-
verb (used with object),
to enclose in or as in a case:
- redcap
-
noun,
a baggage porter at a railroad station.
- scends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- speeds
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Spence
-
noun,
a pantry.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- carses
-
noun,
bottom land.
- spaces
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- carpic
-
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- speers
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- parsec
-
noun,
a unit of distance equal to that required to cause a heliocentric parallax of one second of an arc, equivalent to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, or 3.26 light-years.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- caress
-
noun,
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- Parsee
-
noun,
an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
- perses
-
noun,
a son of Perseus and Andromeda and the ancestor of the kings of Persia.
- parses
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- Pascin
-
noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Picard
-
noun,
Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Pisces
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Fishes, a zodiacal constellation between Aries and Aquarius.
- ceases
-
noun,
cessation:
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- pisci-
-
- Sidras
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- spades
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- pesade
-
noun,
a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- Cassie
-
noun,
huisache.
- arsen-
-
- Casper
-
noun,
a city in central Wyoming.
- careen
-
noun,
a careening.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- spares
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Aspers
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- peasen
-
noun,
a plural of pease.
- pecans
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- pissed
-
noun,
urine.
- aspics
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- prance
-
noun,
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- pisser
-
noun,
something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- Peirce
-
noun,
Benjamin, 1809–80, U.S. mathematician.
- aspens
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- perdie
-
adverb, interjection,
pardi.
- cardi-
-
- Passer
-
noun,
a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass.
- capsid
-
noun,
the coiled or polyhedral structure, composed of proteins, that encloses the nucleic acid of a virus.
- asdics
-
noun,
sonar.
- Capris
-
noun,
Capri pants.
- snipes
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- capers
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- passed
-
noun,
an act of passing.
- ricins
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- precis
-
noun,
a concise summary.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- peaces
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- Cancer
-
noun,
Pathology.
a malignant and invasive growth or tumor, especially one originating in epithelium, tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites.
any disease characterized by such growths.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- prases
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Cedric
-
noun,
a male given name.
- preens
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- speans
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- crasis
-
noun,
composition; constitution; makeup.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- Ciardi
-
noun,
John, 1916–86, U.S. poet.
- apiece
-
adverb,
for each piece, thing, or person; for each one; each:
- Spener
-
noun,
Philipp Jakob [fee-leep yah-kawp] /ˈfi lip ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1635–1705, German theologian: founder of Pietism.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- apices
-
noun,
a plural of apex.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- C-in-C
-
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- crease
-
noun,
a ridge or groove produced in anything by folding, heat, pressure, etc.; fold; furrow.
- Pierce
-
noun,
Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- accede
-
verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- Spears
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- pacers
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- prices
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- serape
-
noun,
a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- crapes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- Pieria
-
noun,
a coastal region in NE Greece, W of the Gulf of Salonika.
- pierid
-
noun,
Also called pieridine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/ (Show IPA). any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- seracs
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Prince
-
noun,
a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- specie
-
noun,
coined money; coin.
- prises
-
noun,
leverage.
- access
-
noun,
the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance:
- pieces
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Niepce
-
noun,
Joseph Nicéphore [zhaw-zef nee-sey-fawr] /ʒɔ zɛf ni seɪˈfɔr/ (Show IPA), 1765–1833, French inventor.
- Cesena
-
noun,
a city in E central Italy.
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seneca
-
noun,
a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- crepes
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- picnic
-
noun,
an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- censer
-
noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- censes
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- piecer
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.
- spends
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- sepias
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Cercis
-
noun,
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerise
-
adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- picric
-
adjective,
of or derived from picric acid.
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- creeps
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
- sparse
-
adjective,
thinly scattered or distributed:
- resp.
-
- Ricci
-
noun,
Sebastiano [se-bahs-tyah-naw] /ˌsɛ bɑsˈtyɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1660?–1734, Italian painter.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- insep
-
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pene-
-
- 30-30
-
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- picas
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Ieper
-
noun,
Ypres.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reni-
-
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- Spree
-
noun,
a lively frolic or outing.
- ician
-
- incr.
-
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- repic
-
noun,
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands before one's opponent scores a point.
- piece
-
noun,
a separate or limited portion or quantity of something:
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- spies
-
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Perse
-
noun,
(Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- peri-
-
- peres
-
noun,
Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- insp.
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Pence
-
noun,
a plural of penny; used in referring to a sum of money rather than to the coins themselves (often used in combination):
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- pacer
-
noun,
a person or thing that paces.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- paces
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- Pres.
-
- paced
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- nears
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- priss
-
noun,
a prissy person.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- spins
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Neper
-
noun,
the unit used to express the ratio of two amplitudes as a natural logarithm: equal to 8.68 dB. Abbreviation: Np.
- NSPCC
-
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- neeps
-
noun,
a turnip.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Price
-
noun,
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Press
-
noun,
an act of pressing; pressure.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- prees
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Peace
-
noun,
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- irid-
-
- Pease
-
noun,
a pea.
- pecan
-
noun,
a tall hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the southern U.S. and Mexico, cultivated for its oval, smooth-shelled, edible nuts: the state tree of Texas.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- prand
-
- recap
-
noun,
a recapped tire.
- recip
-
- pedi-
-
- PEDir
-
- Iran.
-
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- peens
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- prae-
-
- Peers
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- recce
-
noun,
(especially in British military use) reconnaissance:
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- rasps
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- Panic
-
noun,
a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- preen
-
noun,
a pin or brooch.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- pred.
-
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- Passe
-
noun,
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- pases
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pass.
-
- ESPEC
-
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- cress
-
noun,
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- snaps
-
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- CRISP
-
noun,
Chiefly British. potato chip.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- crips
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- crepe
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- creep
-
noun,
an act or instance of creeping:
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- crass
-
adjective,
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
- craps
-
noun,
a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.
- crape
-
noun,
a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- assn.
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- sipid
-
adjective,
having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Spica
-
noun,
spike2 .
- aeri-
-
- deci-
-
- Decca
-
noun,
a British radio navigational aid by which a fix is obtained by determining phase difference between continuous-wave signals from two synchronized fixed signals.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- deca-
-
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- aspic
-
noun,
a savory jelly usually made with meat or fish stock and gelatin, chilled and used as a garnish and coating for meats, seafoods, eggs, etc.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- seeps
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- carpi
-
noun,
plural of carpus.
- cease
-
noun,
cessation:
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Siepi
-
noun,
Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- cases
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- carps
-
noun,
a peevish complaint.
- carp-
-
- Sices
-
noun,
syce.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- Card.
-
- caps.
-
- Capri
-
noun,
an island in W Italy, in the Bay of Naples: grottoes; resort. 5½ sq. mi. (14 sq. km).
- capes
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- sipes
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- circs
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- Circe
-
noun,
Also, Kirke. Also called Aeaea. Classical Mythology. the enchantress represented by Homer as turning the companions of Odysseus into swine by means of a magic drink.
- CIRCA
-
preposition, adverb,
about: (used especially in) approximate dates:
Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- cine-
-
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Seric
-
- ceric
-
adjective,
containing cerium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- cepes
-
noun,
cep.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- canc.
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- deeps
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- apses
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- apsis
-
noun,
Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- SPARS
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sans.
-
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sarc-
-
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- span-
-
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- specs
-
noun,
Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- anis-
-
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Episc
-
- Epis.
-
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- spec.
-
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spice
-
noun,
any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- scrap
-
noun,
a small piece or portion; fragment:
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- aden-
-
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- space
-
noun,
the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- desc.
-
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- scrip
-
noun,
a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- snips
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- disc.
-
- Speer
-
noun,
Albert [al-bert;; German ahl-bert] /ˈæl bərt;; German ˈɑl bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1905–81, German Nazi leader: appointed by Hitler as official Nazi architect.
- spics
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- scads
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- spaes
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- Scand
-
- scans
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- scape
-
noun,
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- speed
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- caper
-
noun,
a playful leap or skip.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- scarp
-
noun,
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- SScD
-
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- Spee
-
noun,
Maximilian von [mahk-si-mee-lee-ahn fuh n] /ˌmɑk sɪˈmi liˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, German admiral.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sra.
-
- SIPS
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- SNCC
-
noun,
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pnea
-
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spas
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- SPCA
-
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- prec
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- SPCC
-
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- piss
-
noun,
urine.
- pre-
-
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Rida
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- SASE
-
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- sci.
-
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- RdAc
-
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- RIIA
-
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RNAS
-
- Sacs
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Rep.
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rcd.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- prin
-
- psis
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- psid
-
- psia
-
- psec
-
- prs.
-
- sepn
-
- seps
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sics
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- pree
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- rad.
-
- SCSI
-
noun,
a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- sec.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Secs
-
noun,
second2 (def 2).
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- seep
-
noun,
moisture that seeps out; seepage.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- spic
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- scr.
-
- 1080
-
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dis-
-
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Dec.
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deep
-
noun,
the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- der.
-
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- dep.
-
- depr
-
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- esp.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Ind.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- idae
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Esd.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- enc.
-
- ence
-
- end-
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Ens.
-
- epi-
-
- epic
-
noun,
an epic poem.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- INRI
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ANSI
-
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apr.
-
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ands
-
- ance
-
- asps
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- acc.
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aer-
-
- AISI
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- crip
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- cir.
-
- cepe
-
noun,
cep.
- ceps
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cess
-
noun,
British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
- cide
-
- circ
-
noun,
circular (def 9).
- cen.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cis-
-
- CISC
-
noun,
complex instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively large number of instructions.
- cpd.
-
- crap
-
noun,
Vulgar.
excrement.
an act of defecation.
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- cene
-
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ASSR
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cac-
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Can.
-
- cap.
-
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Cape
-
noun,
a sleeveless garment of various lengths, fastened around the neck and falling loosely from the shoulders, worn separately or attached to a coat or other outer garment.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cass
-
noun,
Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
- Cdr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- IndE
-
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- ins.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- pede
-
- peds
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- peen
-
noun,
a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.
- neep
-
noun,
a turnip.
- Peer
-
noun,
a person of the same legal status:
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- pees
-
noun,
the letter p.
- Pen.
-
- Pecs
-
noun,
a city in SW Hungary.
- pacs
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- per.
-
- pere
-
noun,
father.
- ISSN
-
- Pers
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- ped.
-
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASD
-
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Pan.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- par.
-
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NADP
-
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- NDAC
-
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Pica
-
noun,
a 12-point type of a size between small pica and English.
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- PICS
-
noun,
a movie.
- pice
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna.
Compare pie5 .
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- PACE
-
noun,
a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.:
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CPR
-
- CPI
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- NSA
-
- prn
-
- CCA
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CIC
-
- CCP
-
- Pr.
-
- CPS
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CPA
-
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- Ps.
-
- PAC
-
noun,
pack1 (def 1).
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- CRC
-
- PSS
-
- Rd.
-
- CRP
-
- CRS
-
- CSA
-
- CSC
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- CCS
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- pc.
-
- cep
-
noun,
an edible mushroom, Boletus edulis, that grows wild under pine or other evergreen trees: prized for its flavor.
- NSC
-
- Pa.
-
- NRC
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CIP
-
- PSC
-
- PSE
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- PSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- CCR
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- pd.
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- NPR
-
- CNC
-
- CIA
-
- CNS
-
- CEC
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- CEA
-
- CDC
-
- CIE
-
- CED
-
- ASR
-
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- PID
-
- ACP
-
- ACS
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- AEC
-
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- PIC
-
noun,
a movie.
- AIC
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- an.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SRS
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSD
-
- SSC
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Sr.
-
- SPS
-
- ap-
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- SPR
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- ca.
-
- ASI
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- ase
-
- cc.
-
- cp.
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- CAI
-
- PCI
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- ANC
-
- pee
-
noun,
the letter p.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- PRA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- APC
-
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- APS
-
- PCS
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ard
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- PRC
-
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- ARS
-
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- CSR
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SSR
-
- RSE
-
- EPA
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RCN
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sp.
-
- sd.
-
- RSS
-
- RSA
-
- RCA
-
- Rs.
-
- rnd
-
- EPS
-
- RNA
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- RDA
-
- Ep.
-
- SAE
-
- RDS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ec-
-
- SAR
-
- ECA
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- NAD
-
- ene
-
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EEC
-
- eir
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RDC
-
- REA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ICC
-
- IRS
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IRC
-
- ide
-
- Ir.
-
- IDP
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IPS
-
- ipr
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- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- IPA
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- ICA
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noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
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- ISR
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- RID
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noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ERP
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ESA
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- Esc
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- ese
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- ise
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- ESR
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ess
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- ISA
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ics
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- id.
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- REC
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noun,
recreation.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
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- Nap
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noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- SAP
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noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- d-c
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- NED
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noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- SCS
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- NES
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- NEP
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noun,
New Economic Policy.
- di.
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- Rap
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noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Die
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noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- SDA
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- NEC
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- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NEA
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- DIP
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noun,
the act of dipping.
- DAR
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- SCP
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- SDI
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- DAS
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noun,
hyrax.
- NIC
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noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- DCS
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- de-
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- SED
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- DEA
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- RPS
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- Dee
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noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- SDR
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- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- RIP
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noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- NIA
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- SDS
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- ne-
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- Re.
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- DAP
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noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DPS
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- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
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- PIN
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noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ead
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- ea.
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- DSC
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- sc.
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- DSS
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- DSR
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- DSP
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- DSA
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- DRE
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- NDE
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- Dr.
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- DAE
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- ine
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- NCC
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- DPI
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- DPC
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- RCS
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- ScD
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- DNA
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- RCP
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- DPA
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- DNR
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- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- IP
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- RI
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- DP
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RC
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- R.
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- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- CE
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RN
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- NC
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- SN
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- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NP
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- NI
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- ND
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- ic
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- PI
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- N.
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- DN
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- SA
-
- S.
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- PE
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noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- RP
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- P.
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noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- i.
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- D.
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